1976 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Chongo (3 July) birds here, as there are several (3!) unbanded adults here now as well as the unrung kid. I do suspect that there is probably only 1 precocious bird who I missed; 2 (making a brood of 4) is of course not impossible, but it should be fairly easy to figure out once I catch a few more birds and/or do some serious watching here. At this point I feel rather fortunate to have gotten the 2 I did: I really had not expected them to pull off a nest with (One of!) the adult PQ gone suddenly in the thick of the breeding season. Just goes to show you how predictable these birds are. (we will not speculate on what it says about me!) 1930. Back in hide up on the hill. 1930. Calls have been coming at a low but steady level from just up the canyon aveys; across the gulch, however, are several (3-4) birds in the tree with the holes in it way up the side of Buckeye Hill. Several birds (4?+) roosted in the storage tree; nobody roosted in the nest area, as far as I could tell. (The call of the Pigmy Owl coming from there seemed to suggest that the beast was still living in their old roost hole). I never did get any good looks at birds, nor did I hear any juvenile calls; if they roosted anywhere it's likely to have been in the Blue Oak with the others. 4 July Set up for roost ambush in the Blue Oak. At dusk, 4 birds roosted there; several also were seen roosting in the far tree over on Buckeye. 5 July Ambush failed.